As a UBC teacher candidate I have been placed at Maple Grove Elementary School for my practicum. \u00a0I am the student teacher in a Montessori grade 1, 2, 3 classroom as well as a Montessori grade 4, 5, 6 classroom. \u00a0I feel very fortunate\u00a0to be placed in two classrooms that span 6 grades. \u00a0Although it is challenging working in two classrooms, with 50 faces and switching gears between grades, I can’t imagine having it any other way. \u00a0I anticipate the\u00a0learning and growth in my teaching that will come with this challenge.<\/p>\n
During my two week practicum at the beginning of November 2015, I planned a lesson for all 50 of my students. \u00a0In small groups of 2 or 3 my students were given a picture from the book “Zoom” by Istvan Banyai. \u00a0This book is a wordless picture book of\u00a0\u00a030 sequential pictures that zoom further out with every page. \u00a0The students were required as a group to successfully place the 30 photos in order. \u00a0This proved to be a very chaotic and loud activity, but they pulled it off! As a group, my 50 students worked together to decipher the sequence. \u00a0Through this activity, I was able to challenge myself as an educator, see my 2 classes interacting and hopefully introduce the idea of predicting and perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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